So if the GJ is meeting to hear evidence to see if there is enough to indict Terri, does that mean shes a suspect?
I would say so!
(snipped by me)
But, that won't convict her "she's an odd duck and reacted weird" doesn't convict people. And isn't that the goal? Having all these witnesses to her state of mind seems to be grasping and easily defended against. "Your honor all the prosecution has is people talking about her state of mind...where are the witnesses that saw her take him out of the school?"
Reasonable doubt is not something we want...if she's guilty.
State of mind is not grasping. State of mind evidence is a solid part of the Caylee Anthony case.
Just want to clarify, I'm NOT a lawyer. But with a son in LE for 20 years who is now in charge of CID in this county... I have learned a lot about the law as far as police work and investigations go. And I have read tons of crime and courtroom novels, in which I learned a lot too. I am not brilliant but I do absorb.
And now I have to go... my son is in the hospital and I just came home to rest and see to the puppies. I didn't rest, so back I go.
Please... we need your prayers.
God bless you! Prayers for you and your son.
I still wonder on what grounds Terri will be indicted -- Kaine and Desiree have asserted repeatedly and recently that they believe Kyron is alive. LE have stated they have no evidence of a murder. Two teachers who thought they saw Terri leave with Kyron is not equivalent to two teachers seeing Terri leave with Kyron. LE can't even prove Kyron has been abducted, not really. There are multiple witnesses who saw Kyron at school, but none, IMHO, who saw him leave. As unlikely as it is, it's possible Kyron walked away from the school on an adventure and fell down an embankment. It's possible he was abducted and murdered by a pedophile. Lie detector results are inadmissible, and cell phone pings as evidence could be made flimsy by an expert.
With regard to the MFH plot, it's a he said, she said, IMHO. If there's no corroborating evidence, I doubt a prosecutor would go in front of a Grand Jury with one piece of evidence, that being one man's word for it. And the man in question didn't even come forward of his own accord.
Putting aside all our biases with regard to this case, and I ask this opinion of those who believe Terri is guilty even moreso than those who are on the fence -- how do you reconcile a Grand Jury indictment based on what we know and are reasonably able to deduce with regard to evidence?
I wonder about the grounds for an indictment as well. I don't think we can reconcile what we know as fact with a GJ indictment. But that's because LE has released almost nothing so they can protect their investigation. However, I can come very close to reconciling a GJ indictment and an arrest on what we can reasonably deduce based on other than official LE statements.
I reasonably deduce that TH was the last person to see Kyron. That her cell phone pings show her wandering around back roads on the morning Kyron disappeared and that she came up with the flimsy excuse of driving her infant around for hours in a rural area, to sooth an earache, conveniently on the same morning Kyron went missing, to explain away those pings. That she began a voracious sexting relationship with a new guy weeks after her son disappeared, instead of grieving his disappearance and spending every waking moment unable to eat, or breathe. That she tried to create confusion about a doctor's appointment for Kyron so that his disappearance would not be immediately noticed. That Kaine, DY and TY can all prove their whereabouts on the day Kyron went missing, to the satisfaction of LE. That there are aspects of the state of mind of TH after Kyron went missing, that would point to a consciousness of guilt on the part of TH. That is what i reasonably deduce from the media reports, the statements of the parents and the tight-lipped investigation which has now culminated in a GJ proceeding.
I really don't think LE or the prosecutor's office would waste valuable county/state monies during a recession, if all they wanted to do was go on a fishing expedition. Yes, the media can get things wrong sometimes but this investigation is clearly proceeding fast and furiously against TH and LE and the district attorney obviously think they have enough to try for an indictment. So, logic tells me they have much more than what has been officially released and much more than the feelings of the parents.
I add to that things that cannot be used to gain an indictment: That TH reportedly failed two LDTs, and has failed to publicly refute any of the allegations made against her by Kaine and DY.
More important, TH was willing to give up all rights to be a part of her daughter's life, for a period with no current end in sight, all in order to avoid any kind of statement under oath that could incriminate her criminally. Innocent mommies would never do that, IMO. That last one is what really caused alarm bells to go off for me.
I'll add that none of us can say definitively what else LE has. I am not in a position to say with certainty what LE can prove or disprove because they are keeping quiet, as they should be. But, I repeat. I doubt all the resources being expended are being expended based on a hunch or the opinions of angry exes, etc.
Finally, the fact that the parents want to believe their son is alive does not mean there is no evidence to suggest he's not. The fact that LE states there is no evidence of a murder, does not mean there is not. They are also not calling TH a suspect when clearly she is one.
My hunch, however, is that they do have evidence, at the least, of custodial interference. I'm guessing that's what they may be going for, if there is no evidence pointing to murder (like decomp evidence, blood, statements by TH that Kyron is dead, etc). That should be enough to jail her and keep the pressure on while they continue to look for Kyron. I just hope it doesn't turn out to be like the Gabriel Johnson case!
(Little did they know that hair spray works almost as well as pepper spray! LOL)
